Learning on ScreenTheories of Social Work Practice, Series
- Synopsis
- To introduce the many different theories of social work practice, Professor Malcolm Brown has interviewed 15 prominent social work educators and practitioners, each of whom is committed to and enthusiastic about a particular approach.
1 (57 min): Robert Adams on client empowerment, which is the opposite of oppression. The ideal is to empower people to regard themselves as able to address constructively and possibly solve their problems, both individually and in groups.
2 (50 min): Brian Thorne on the person-centred approach, originated by Carl Rogers. It places great emphasis on the central importance of subjective experience.
3 (52 min): Chris Payne on the systems approach, a unitary approach that sees the need for integration of the different theories and approaches in social work.
4 (107 min): Marilyn Miller-Pietroni on psychoanalytic concepts, identifying some concepts from contemporary psychoanalytic theory that are useful in social work practice.
5 (50 min): Professor Ian Sinclair on marital therapy and the attachment theory of marital therapy.
6 (60 min): John Burnham on family therapy, raising questions about our attitudes to family, and challenging preconceived ideas.
7 (52 min): Professor Martin Davies on maintenance theory, which reflects the reality of what most social workers do most of the time, not what theorists think they should be doing.
8 (56 min): Professor Lena Dominelli on the anti-racist perspective, examining the historical and personal issues involved, and discussing work with different groups of people, including children, young people and adults. She also discusses teamwork and organisational change.
9 (45 min): Lynne Muir explains social groupwork.
10 (60 min): Professor Brian Sheldon on the behavioural perspective - how emotional reactions are learned by the process of stimulus association, and how positive and negative consequences shape our lives. This concept can be used therapeutically. Includes comments on the ethical issues involved.
11 (56 min): Peter Marsh on the task-centred model, stressing the role of the client in negotiating appropriate programmes of help, and outlining the goals to be achieved.
12 (54 min): Dr Paul Corrigan on the Marxist perspective, which involves the importance of recognising the causes of many of the clients’ problems in the structure of society as well as in individual terms, and keeping these two ideas in balance.
13 (55 min): Daphne Stratham on the feminist perspective, accepting the unpredictable, and challenging stereotypes and assumptions.
14 (50 min): David Howe on making sense of social work theories. He examines the nature of theory of social work theories and their impact on practice, and theory and practice in an organisational context.
15 (60 min): Brenda Tweed on transactional analysis - Eric Berne’s ‘I’m OK, you’re OK’ theory, in which the therapy should be as far as possible an equal process between the therapist and the client. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of production
- 1992
- Documentation
- Accompanying notes with each tape.
- Uses
- Social work trainers and students.
- Subjects
- Social welfare
- Keywords
- behavioural psychotherapy; counselling; empowerment; family therapy; groupwork; marital therapy; Marxism; person-centred therapy; psychoanalysis; psychotherapy; social work training; task analysis; transactional analysis; feminist perspectives; racism; systems approach; maintenance theory
Credits
- Contributor
- Malcolm J Brown
- Cast
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £38.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- various
- Year
- 2012
- Type
- VHS
- Price
- £20.00 (sale) £15.00 (hire)
- Availability
- Sale Hire
- Duration/Size
- various
- Year
- 2012
Sections
- Title
- Client empowerment - Robert Adams
- Synopsis
- 1 (57 min): Robert Adams on client empowerment, which is the opposite of oppression. The ideal is to empower people to regard themselves as able to address constructively and possibly solve their problems, both individually and in groups.
- Title
- Counselling: the person centred approach - Brian Thorne
- Synopsis
- 2 (50 min): Brian Thorne on the person-centred approach, originated by Carl Rogers. It places great emphasis on the central importance of subjective experience.
- Title
- Systems approach, The - Chris Payne
- Synopsis
- 3 (52 min): Chris Payne on the systems approach, a unitary approach that sees the need for integration of the different theories and approaches in social work.
- Title
- Psychoanalytic concepts - Marilyn Miller-Pietroni
- Synopsis
- 4 (107 min): Marilyn Miller-Pietroni on psychoanalytic concepts, identifying some concepts from contemporary psychoanalytic theory that are useful in social work practice.
- Title
- Marital therapy - Prof. Ian Sinclair
- Synopsis
- 5 (50 min): Professor Ian Sinclair on marital therapy and the attachment theory of marital therapy.
- Title
- Family therapy - Joun Burnham
- Synopsis
- 6 (60 min): John Burnham on family therapy, raising questions about our attitudes to family, and challenging preconceived ideas.
- Title
- Maintenance theory - Prof. Martin Davies
- Synopsis
- 7 (52 min): Professor Martin Davies on maintenance theory, which reflects the reality of what most social workers do most of the time, not what theorists think they should be doing.
- Title
- Anti-racist perspective, The - Prof. Lena Dominelli
- Synopsis
- 8 (56 min): Professor Lena Dominelli on the anti-racist perspective, examining the historical and personal issues involved, and discussing work with different groups of people, including children, young people and adults. She also discusses teamwork and o
- Title
- Social groupwork - Lynne Muir
- Synopsis
- 9 (45 min): Lynne Muir explains social groupwork.
- Title
- Behavioural perspective, The - Prof. Brian Sheldon
- Synopsis
- 10 (60 min): Professor Brian Sheldon on the behavioural perspective - how emotional reactions are learned by the process of stimulus association, and how positive and negative consequences shape our lives. This concept can be used therapeutically. Include
- Title
- Task-centred model, The - Peter Marsh
- Synopsis
- 11 (56 min): Peter Marsh on the task-centred model, stressing the role of the client in negotiating appropriate programmes of help, and outlining the goals to be achieved.
- Title
- Marxist perspective, The - Dr Paul Corrigan
- Synopsis
- 12 (54 min): Dr Paul Corrigan on the Marxist perspective, which involves the importance of recognising the causes of many of the clients' problems in the structure of society as well as in individual terms, and keeping these two ideas in balance.
- Title
- Feminist perspective, The - Daphne Stratham
- Synopsis
- 13 (55 min): Daphne Stratham on the feminist perspective, accepting the unpredictable, and challenging stereotypes and assumptions.
- Title
- Making sense of social work theories - Da vid Howe
- Synopsis
- 14 (50 min): David Howe on making sense of social work theories. He examines the nature of theory of social work theories and their impact on practice, and theory and practice in an organisational context.
- Title
- Transactional analysis - Brenda Tweed
- Synopsis
- 15 (60 min): Brenda Tweed on transactional analysis - Eric Berne's 'I'm OK, you're OK' theory, in which the therapy should be as far as possible an equal process between the therapist and the client.
Distributor
- Name
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